Old Growler (Bottle)
(Batch of Old Growler)
Nethergate Brewery in Long Melford, Suffolk, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.75
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Our Multi-award-winning porter, Old Growler gets its distinctive taste through a complex blend of flavours, including hints of chocolate, coffee and roasted malt that excites the palate.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from B&M Bargains; dark brown pour with substantial beige head, roast malt aroma, quite bready malt taste I expect more coffee tones from a porter, slightly nutty some caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2013
at 12:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pours deep brown with a thick tan head...heavy lacing... Chocolate-vanilla aroma, slight tangy dark fruit notes. Taste is malty, creamy, chocolate-vanilla... Light...great flavour.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2013
at 13:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A full flavoured beer that is bittersweet and has some hints of chocolate malts.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2012
at 02:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Home. Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, candy sugar, cocao. Flavor is malts, coffee, dark chocolate, candy sugar. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation, easy drinking. 040910
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2012
at 02:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deep dark brown coloured body, about 75% opaque with a very nice ruby tint when held up to a light, with a centimetre tall tan creamy head. Aroma of pale malt, roast, coffee, nuts, cream and a hint of caramel and raisins. Medium-bodied; Assertive roasty malt flavour at first with a very nice caramel and toffee flavour followed by some lighter fruits and prune flavours. Aftertaste shows very well with some good malt complexity and a sweet, yet slightly bitter nuttiness. Overall, a nice porter with some good malt notes, none cloying and a bit of complexity on the finish. Not my favourite, but not a bad beer at all. I sampled this pint bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Miami Beach, Florida on 18-September-2012 for US$4.99 sampled at home in Washington on 12-November-2012.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2012
at 22:24
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Tesco. Reddish mahogany pour, thin tan head. Malty liquorice aroma. Smooth roasted malt taste, with a nice rounded bitter flavour. Very pleasant soft bitter palate. Serve warm to maximise the flavour. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2012
at 11:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark caramel colour with a thin off white head. Aroma is nutty, roasty with a little caramel. Falvour is smooth balncedlittle caramel and faint roastiness. A little belgian esters type character. Very drinkable.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2012
at 14:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[500ml bottle, gift from Maureen & Dave - cheers!] Pours dark brown with a large beige head. Lightly roasted malt, chocolate & wholemeal bread throughout. Maybe a slight hint of liquorice, but not enough to put me off. A slight dryness and slight bitterness in the finish. It’s an OK, easy-to-drink beer, but definitely a bit too easy at times - both the flavour and body are a little on the thin side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2012
at 15:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle - a classic well rounded ale, nice and full bodied, with a good meaty taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2012
at 22:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aug 2008 from BA: Finally got round to buying and reviewing a bottle of this beer. Brown 500ml bottle, 5 months beyond its Best by Date. Poured into my new La Chouffe tulip glass twice. Wonderful colour, Mahogany red with a tan head that sat for ages on top. A chocolate aroma with toffee esters hit your nose, lovely. Rich plum bread type taste (without butter on it). Almost creamy in the mouthfeel, very rich and heavy in its body. If I know of a better Porter I can’t think of one right now, this is good. Glad I got to have this in a bottle, just as good as the cask version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2012
at 14:41